Alan Watts - Acceptance of Death and Meaning of Life

We have a culture to live life as if to survive and to hush the idea of death, to avoid this topic of discussion. Alan Watts explores this taboo with a different approach, that death and life are like fronts and backs of the same coin. Death gives meaning to life and gives us the opportunity to understand what life is all about
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[@jeffthelobster7088]

This helped me brace myself for stage 4 cancer. I don't know how to explain it but it removed my fear of what was to come next.

[@morganhollis2140]

Not brace but embrace life my dear. You are energy and energy never ceases ...

[@putterq874]

🙏🏽❤🙏🏽

[@rubendias7356]

Hey man You still here?

[@AncientCityMusic]

@@rubendias7356 do you not know what stage 4 cancer is?

[@Yakushi0Mikatsu]

RIP boi, love you wherever you are right now. As quick as it was to read your comment, its weight wasn't as easy to grasp. Your comment means something to me, I hope you know this somehow...

[@touareg91m]

the last minute, when he talks about the way kids see the world......it's just amazing. I would like to see the world again the way a child does.

[@johnatkinson4287]

+touareg91m I agree....we become programmed as we get older,i remember daydreaming as a child,it was magical

[@phillip3548]

They to Programm us.. Creativity is the greatest act of Rebellion in existence.

[@alyssadeakins2637]

Cosmos Fate you are a beautiful soul I hope you are enjoying your life

[@MaboDayZ]

a lot of people compare the experience of psychedelics to be very similar to being a child again, you gain that childlike wonder back. they aren't for everyone though, especially if you have a history in your family of mental illnesses or psychosis.

[@Nobody-ey3np]

touareg91m you can...just imagine again

[@matsterness]

It's a weird thing life, beautiful. I am 17 and learning more and more about the journey. When my dad passed away last year, i had a sense on why we are here...To be and to create love. Within 5 minutes of my dad passing away i felt a powerful sense of what i can only describe as being love reach inside of me. I stopped crying, and just felt peaceful with this buzz inside my chest. I am so grateful to my higher power for feeling that, so grateful to my dad too. Its made me feel more understanding on the process of life. That one moment, impacted me so much.

[@jockeytx]

matsterness that was beautiful. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@TimGn]

matsterness, I hope you're doing good!

[@xxzibithotmail]

this was a very powerful thing to read and it really made me feel what you felt, I can't imagine what its like to lose a parent but I would hope I can deal with it the same way as you when the day does come, I've spent the lat 20 years trying to find my dad and only get to see him once a year at the moment as he's in Canada so I would literally be distraught if that was to happen. hope your doing well now and have learnt many new things about life :)

[@lbk1974]

Matsterness do you still feel the same way today that you felt 3 years ago. You have grown some; Has this growth changed your view of life and death?

[@TheMCZoop]

My dad passed away a year ago, and i can say i felt exactly the same way you described it, he passed away from cancer, and his last couple hours where he was in a state of brain-death, and when he took his final last couple of breaths, i stopped crying and realized that that was his chapter in life, which touched me in a way that, i realized i have to love and embrace all the moments i have with anything and everyone on my journey... A year later since the last reply, i hope matsterness somehow remembers he made a comment on this video with his story, i hope to hear from you, and if not, have a peaceful life, to you, and everyone else reading this comment.

[@SkywatcherAnomalous89]

I don't get upset when someone dies! I get upset because I will miss them. The journey of life is so amazing! please everyone enjoy your life be happy it's to short! don't hold grudges against family or people close to you! it will be a regret because one day they will be gone. ✌

[@qassimabu2102]

Mr Anomalous, this comment me cry so much. Thank you for opening my mind

[@Pygoman12]

Well said. Pretty much sums up my feelings. I hope to leave this earth with love in my heart.

[@simplybuyer1]

I am afraid of death and dying. I hope we can live forever oneday.

[@c_62turnt]

Talhah Khan that’s never gonna happen because that’s not living...you can not have existence without non existence just as you can’t have an up without a down or cold without hot. It’s all a balance from the universe and we are all made up of energy from the universe that’s the real you. You are just experiencing life in a physical form that is not the real you. And that’s the problem us humans have. We have hidden from the fact that our physical body is not the real me or you. We are all one massive ball of energy.

[@aperturefilm]

Thank you man, same to you 🙏

[@ChandanaCTV]

Just lost my mother, was in the terrace of my house. looking at the sky, I can feel the presence of my mother. I can feel her more alive now than ever, if its okay to say that. I come down, switch on my computer to this video in the recommendation. I feel magical divinity within me and I connect with everything that is alive.

[@tusharupadhyay8948]

Chandana C beautiful

[@discountgamervids]

Hey i hope you are doing better now. I'm incredibly sorry for your loss. May God be with you. 🙏

[@mariannecohen7675]

But there is still pain.

[@gallen2101]

💖

[@James-lb7yd]

@@mariannecohen7675 Of course there still will be pain. No loss goes without some measure. "Pain is life is inevitable, but suffering is optional." Meaning that of course there's pain occasionally in life, but it is the mental suffering that does not need to be there. Which can make the original suffering greater. "I've experienced a great deal of pain and suffering in my life .... most of which has never happened." ~ Mark Twain By opening your heart and mind to the greater picture. That there are many more people who are going through the exact experience, if not worse, and by refocusing the picture from self to others, your own suffering can be taken care of as a byproduct. I hope that this helps you, and all others, even in a very small way. ~Sent with warm greetings. 😊

[@markedwards9247]

Without life there cannot be death, and without death there cannot be life. The point that modern society completely misunderstands is that it is not how you die that is important at all, it is how you lived. So the ultimate consequence of birth, is death, and this transition alone is The Journey of Purpose

[@lucianarajula8570]

That is beautifully said.

[@evkin117]

+Mark Edwards words of wisdom

[@Vibratorypie150]

Very very well said

[@unixbash]

Alan Watts is one of the most insightful humans I have ever heard!

[@garyhiles]

Alan Watts was on another level. Brilliant

[@hebince44]

His mind was truly one of a kind

[@OscarSebeloanex]

The past few days have been drowning in thoughts of death. Why it happens, how it happens and how it feels when it happens. Some days those thoughts would feel so real that I would snap out of them panting, trying to grab my breath. What I then realised was that what I'm really afraid of, is not just death but that everything has come to an end. Listening to Alan Watts has put my fears of death to rest. I am no longer afraid

[@danarespress164]

Yeah, ever since I joined the military I've thought about what happens when we do. I just gotta except it happens and that's it.

[@DimDisaster]

I've had one perdiod like this in my life and i was 7. I'm going through this at 28 and i just can't sleep at night because it feels like dying in some way. The irony is, I've got "Memento mori " (be mindful of death") tattooed on my arm. I am aware pf death, and that's why i'm scared. Most people don't think about it,they just enjoy the journey,they will sometime think about it when someone dies and that's it, back to normal. I'd like to be like them lol

[@alexgaggio2957]

DimDisaster I had this period on and off since I was 12. Then I listened and read Alan Watts and it’s was like a my whole perspective shifted. I’m not afraid of death, in fact, I embrace and laugh about it even. I gives me peace that all of this will one day fade, so all I have to do is enjoy the ride.

[@felleice]

The part with the bomb hits me hard every time. I was in a bad motorcycle wreck at 160 mph and flew around 180 feet. Felt like ages, first terrified but after a while i felt this feeling that everything is ok and will be fine. Like being comforted and i felt no fear, just love. 1000 of thoughts went through my mind and i saw my relatives and family vividly. I am an atheist but this is really what alan is talking about. I dont fear death, ride faster and harder then ever before.

[@spacemankad2108]

I don't fear death too...it's just the next phase of life...but I damn will miss the memories when I'm gone...why...I miss the good old days this instant

[@Imperium83]

I had to put my cat to sleep today. I knew I would have to spend time on youtube listening to Alan Watts. Had it not been for my interest in Alan Watts starting almost a year ago, I don't think I could hold it together. My entire outlook on life has changed since listening to him and reading his books. It made her passing so much easier on me that I can barely describe it. Her energy is out there, free from this side. I will never forget you Lady, and I will always love you. Thank you to every content creator that spreads this man's extraordinary views on life.

[@BigAirr.]

True words

[@Jane-nc2fr]

I am so sorry for your loss. Your post helped me so much as I had to put my cat down two weeks ago and I believe her spirit is around me-and her energy is free as you said. Bless you!

[@brodyhall]

These videos explain so much, over the past few months they have helped me on my journey to peace and happiness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart guys!

[@TheJourneyofPurpose]

Brody Hall thank you, we are humbled to share Alan's amazing work

[@10MillionMilesJourney]

theJourneyofPurpose TJOP Alan is one of the people whose influence made me quit my day job permanently and start my Quest to visit every country and travel 10 million miles in the process. I also like the messages of Wayne Dyer, Stuart Hameroff, Rupert Sheldrake, Charles T. Tart, Peter Russell.

[@10MillionMilesJourney]

***** Oh, thank you very much!

[@probablechoices]

+10 Million Miles Journey Check out Tom Campbell :)

[@10MillionMilesJourney]

probablechoices Thank you. oh yes, I know Tom Campbell, I've been listening to his talks too.

[@daniellemorocco9242]

I lost most of my family the ones that hurt the most are my parents. I’m 36 years old I’m constantly fighting anxiety but Alan is therapeutic I couldn’t find a better therapist with a million bucks. He’s one with the universe now Rest In Peace.❤️

[@dakth7434]

Damn..i didnt know alan watts died in 73' i listened to his audio and felt as if he was still amongst us. Yet his spirit was around through his wisdom and knowledge. Thats how powerful his presense is. Hes still here in some way

[@Molly.b16]

Someone with true purpose. ❤️👏 The spirit carries on

[@bixou22002]

I wasn't born when he died and i'm already 47 years old...

[@MrKynuna]

"The shapes of a scratches on the floor cease to have magic" --- perfect

[@n0vabahamut]

alan watts and coffee is euphoric

[@randomnumbers84269]

I like Alan before or after meditation. Actually I like him any time of the day.

[@SkucciMusic]

Every time I watch these videos I get an existential crises

[@bixou22002]

Try to calm down as we will all die sooner or later...No other option at all !

[@FrankHale]

My GOD, Alan Watts was an amazing thinker, philosopher, human being. These excerpts into his life, his way of thinking are paramount to the truth seeker. Thank you for giving us glimpses into the mind of Alan Watts in such a profound way. This six minute dialogue is epic and I have listened over and over. There is so much in here that will keep me thinking and questioning for a very long time. Thank you!

[@thatcodplayergames3989]

This resonates with me in an odd way. I OD'd some months ago and now i realize why and how i changed. I don't cry because of redundant things in the past and I don't worry about the future. Seeing death can really fix your point of view in life. If you realize that you could die at any moment and you are okay with that then one day you wake up and it feels like the world has new life and that weight that you carried for so long has faded and you finally understand that every day is the best day of your life.

[@MotivationalPhilosopher]

If you can accept death, then you will naturally accept life and all it's possibilities. You will find that there is no need to live within the confines of fear, instead live as far into greatness as you wish for you will die no matter what. #MP

[@simplybuyer1]

Thanks, but why do we need to die. live is so cruel

[@CreekMonsters]

"The reason we die is to give us the opportunity to understand what life's all about"

[@terryg3243]

Awesome..

[@terryg3243]

NO its starts...

[@TheFracturedfuture]

How are you going to understand what life is if you're dead?

[@bixou22002]

@@TheFracturedfuture Nobody will ever know or care once dead...

[@Gallbladders]

i remember watching this video when i was 10 after my grandparents died and it made me feel so much better. Made me feel better about their passing and my own mortality

[@SonjaSophie]

OMG finally someone who doesn't make me wrong for not wanting to live forever and not being afraid to die. I don't have to be depressed to know that there's no point in living on forever, and that in fact we NEVER GET ANYWHERE like we're always told to get someplace in life. We live INSIDE A BALL, meaning we only can go in circles anyway, which can be fun for a while but I just get bored easily and I really don't think I'm missing out on anything when I leave the human body form... Maybe its due to the fact that I almost died as an infant, I was blue in the face when my mom shook me and I started breathing again - maybe I saw something there that reminded me of my undying nature so I never felt quite home here, but always as a nomad, or visitor, who's kinda homesick by now....

[@srh3932]

💗

[@teachyou9779]

Exactly.

[@andrewvardanega2251]

❤😇

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

This brought me comfort because I too have ceased to see magic in the world. It is a blessing that life (for many) is short.

[@crispyninja6147]

I once thought that a truck on the tracks was a train. It was winter and it was too late for me to stop my car by the time I saw what I though was a train, so I just kept going. Obviously nothing happened but in the moment that I thought that it was all over for me at the age of 19 I had completely accepted that there was nothing I could do and I wasn't scared at all and I was just at such peace with everything. I'm absolutely terrified of dying but when I thought that was it, I felt 100% at peace. Crazy how your mind works.

[@zsombornagy3935]

CrispyNinja Wow, thats crazy... btw, I am not so scared of death, to me that is rather exciting. I am more scared of the pain that would come before it happened XD

[@MrEmotional33]

Well i think that´s because we are all and mostly conditioned in life to link almost all achievements and sources of joy with certain conditions or efforts, as to say "nothing in this life is for free!"..so we learn to react and live in this patterns..we have to do this, to deserve that..and so one..and that´s a neverending vicious circle, which prevents us from being free at all and creates the illusion that we have to "handle" and "control" life, so actually we never feel free, as long we think we really are able to control things or particular goals..and in contemplation of death we finally realize that we merely cannot control things and therefore we are able to let it go, deeply accept and feel the true core of life, which gives us peace and freedom of fear..

[@insanet3]

there is an alan watts lecture where he mentions the book "escape from freedom", and briefly talks how capitalism wants you to hate the now so you can "escape" every now and then with the money earned and then go back to the repeat cycle, it will be great if you could make a video about that.

[@IIlllllI]

agreed

[@kikijohnson6745]

insanet3 deep

[@randompanda3415]

That is why one should find a job that reflects one's values. Just to make this clear, without capitalism you wouldn't be able to listen to Alan Watts videos right now, and a system such as communism in which you don't have the chance to "escape" to begin with is not exactly a good selling point.

[@xyoungdipsetx]

insanet3 do you have a video were he talks about that?

[@shym9933]

If you come across this after I have passed from this life to the next my beautiful son, Do not worry, I know you are afraid of my upcoming surgery to remove my brain tumor in June. I love you with all of my heart and we have to trust this is as it should be. Just the same way I speak of my parents that have passed they live on through that, I too will live on in you and my grandchildren you will have one day. I love you with all of my heart, do not get lost in grief but Choose life, remember all of our crazy and impetus adventures and I will live there in your memories.

[@uuloveguccii4729]

Hey love. I hope you’re doing well. Sending love to you and your family ❤

[@shym9933]

@@uuloveguccii4729 Thank you so much for asking, I send blessing on you and all love you. It has taken a lot to recover,Thank you

[@WisdomOfInsecurity]

It is so freaking incredible how wise this man was. Everytime i read something written by him, or listen to a speech like this im stunned. There is nobody that has this deep understanding of life and how to talk about it without making it logical understandable. He paints with his words (at least for me) his ideas and concepts directly in my soul.

[@horsepowerenthusiast6933]

I just had to listen to this after that I've heard that one of my uncle died from a heart attack, and this helped me well to know that I'd rather die happy knowing my life has meaning rather than nothing but hate and regret.

[@caseywhalin8415]

"Nature's self awareness is worth the gamble"

[@BRICKIEREPORT]

We're all in for the ultimate surprise and there is no stopping it we all go

[@neoone75]

I love him. He's something I'm listening when I need some support. I was in the traffic accident 70 hours ago. It was a bicycling accident. Car drove over me. It was pure miracle I'm still here. Since then I haven't slept a minute. I talked with GP and he said try not to think sleeping or the accident but none of the guides I have been given has helped me. I just can't sleep. I'm not even sleepy.

[@jellydee123]

I realised what he said about the leaves falling off the tree, when I was on LSD.

[@Matty94]

What was it?

[@wo0d3n6]

I always cry on those videos.Beautiful.

[@cpease813]

listening to this has helped me understand my mother's death just this past June 23, 2015 & then suddenly on July 25,2015 I played this video for my granny and she passed away on July 27th,2015.... I lost 2 of the most important women in my life and with out the lectures of Alan Watts I would be lost... thank you! your helping me in so many ways to accepting their deaths. ...

[@gegddhdbdhdh8608]

I hope you get better and sorry about the deaty

[@gegddhdbdhdh8608]

+Gegddh Dbdhdh death

[@demej1939]

I watched this video half a year ago. And today my Grand mother died. And I can say this video helped me out so much. I don't fell sad, because I know she gets to explore a new thing, she has a new adventure infront of her.

[@mitchconnor7066]

With subtitles it would be much easier for non-english subscribers to better understand things. So me and alot more people would appreciate if you put english subtitles in videos. It is alot easier when you read and listen to understand the point

[@sahaling]

hesh jnkql I have written subtitles for this. hope this helps. www.salsway.com/alan-watts-acceptance-of-death-and-meaning-of-life/

[@BSAQueenGoddess]

sahal sadique I understand you clearly you speak English Excellent Thank You For This Video My Husband is Having a Difficult time Dealing with Death Bcuz This Country Teaches Death is Bad Terrible Horrible thing 2 Happen Thx You Sooo Much for This Video & Your English is Fine :)

[@sahaling]

+BSA Queen Goddess you are welcome. :-)

[@felleice]

If you cant speak or understand english, then its time to learn it now.

[@mcvic8273]

Alan Watts' lectures basically raised me tbh

[@Sandy-nb8gi]

Love Hanz Zimmer in the background. Love it!

[@joshuapileggi4592]

I know this is kinda silly. But I come here often lately mostly because my dog is turning 12 this year, his breed averages 12 to 15 years. He still acts like a pup and has wonderful energy. I just really fear his passing, that day terrifies me, it's crippling and I can't help but break down. He's all I got... I just can't help doing this to myself.

[@disregardingsanity7005]

Fear of death is normal. We fear what we perceive as an end to our existence and think there’s nothing after death. But that’s not true. You’re still afraid because you haven’t accepted what death is. Death is a word for a form of change. When we die, every atom which constitutes our bodies will be disassembled, only to be reassembled as something else. And it was like this before we were born. In a sense, we’ve always existed and will continue after death. We are a way for nature to experience itself, in reality there’s no difference between nature and ourself.

[@leeannrorex1509]

I can relate. My cat is 15 and is my best pal. My other cat died a few years back and it was awful. But I got through it. When she was dying, It hit me at one point that I'm blessed to love a creature so much that I mourn their passing. My cat is also one of my favorite beings ever and she feels like all I have. I don't have any answers but just wanted to let you know I get it. ❤️

[@FerdinandMadsen]

I had 4 life goals, right now I have 3 goals left. I am 14 years old and my expected life age is 72 years old. I hope that I can reach and have made all my dreams real. :)

[@fernandotanase114]

Death scares tf out of me and I dont think I'll ever be able to cop w that thought. Only bc I cant imagine living w out my mom or family not alive.

[@bixou22002]

We all die...

[@RollinFatJs]

This is incredible I love it now I’m not scared of death I’m just gonna miss people and things if I was to know I’m gonna die soon I would accept it instead of cry because why have your last experience living on earth be crying I want to feel completed and happy before I die

[@rlittlejohn2772]

Alan is still amongst us. Imagine with all the technology if he were with us today. We are blessed to have his perspective forever .

[@drewshaw4089]

My bestfriend Conner sent me this and I just now realized he took passed away a couple months ago and I think this is what I needed but also I failed him. I think this was him reaching out.

[@agent199minus100]

I wish as we get older we still could see the world as a child

[@glennvang1302]

I wish life was the other way around. We are born old and die young.

[@mayaeulense]

Elizabeth KA Agent99 BENJAMIN BUTTON IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT AND MORE...LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.

[@NGRevenant]

Drugs will get you there, weed helps you get back some of your childlike perspective. It's why stoners are content to just sit around all day and enjoy what's going on around them.

[@BRICKIEREPORT]

Death a very old door in a very old wall

[@IsidroAmadorB]

Watch this when stone is amazingly inspirational. Gives you purpose to your life.

[@stephenperry6130]

I have always asked myself why should anyone accept death I don't like it I think it is a terrible thing. we spend our whole lives growing, learning, discovering, building relationships and more. then one day it happens you die and all those wonderful things you have experienced or will experience gets shut off and you are gone forever. this leads to other questions like what happens to us after we die. but anyway my point is why would you accept death when there is so much beauty in life. near the end of this video he says that once the magic of life and other things wares off there is no reason to keep living and I get that but I love living and I don't want my life to shut off. maybe if I knew that there was a tomorrow for us after death I could accept it but I don't know that. so death is something I will try to avoid for as long as I can. death isn't something I always think about but when I do its like wtf that's some scary shit pardon my language. may you all have a wonderful life.

[@HNeferPitouH]

whithout death there would be no life and with no life theres no death life implies death and death implies life

[@sportzaddict15]

+Stephen Perry I took this to mean something slightly different than you did. Much like you, I agree that the idea of "giving up on life" is terrible. If you have the chance to continue living, you should fight. However, I think what Watts is saying is that life is only possible because one dies. It's the fear of it all ending that scares us. You even said, "all those wonderful things you have experienced or will experience gets shut off and you are gone forever." But I disagree. Those things still happened, and you still live on in the people with whom you experienced those moments with. Watts mentions a passing of the torch to your children. I fear death, but I have to tell myself that even when I'm gone, the world will continue. Others will still live on. That to me, is the beauty of life and death. Without one, the other cannot exist. To fear one, means you should also fear the other. They are 2 sides of the same coin. It isn't that you should simply give up and say "life isn't worth living because we all die", but instead you should enjoy every moment because it happens. You shouldn't fear death, but accept that one day it will happen. Hope life treats you well!

[@HNeferPitouH]

+sportzaddict15 ;)

[@hunterberry329]

Stephen Perry life wouldn't be life without death

[@Homunculas]

You may feel different when your. old and most of your loved ones have passed away, your lifes ambitions have been reached or are now out of range, and your body starts fighting against you, then death may be welcome.

[@Jesslesseth]

I just lost someone I loved. He was only 31 and it hurts my soul knowing I’m never going to see him again or run into him again. It hurts my core and no one understands my pain. These videos have been the only source of comfort I can find in trying to let him go.

[@nickdiaz3737]

Not true many millions of people understand how you feel Imagine how many people lost wife's husband's children etc.

[@Jesslesseth]

@@nickdiaz3737 when I wrote this I meant no one in my close circle understood why I was feeling how I felt and they weren’t really supportive in the sense that they needed me to get over it right away. But I know so many people have lost closed loved ones. This was me speaking about my personal life and the people I’m surrounded by like family and certain friends that haven’t had that happened to them.

[@sunrisesandsunsets7553]

Soul's Journey to the blessing, Gratitude. Namaste Thomas

[@nicholasuvanovic8738]

Alan watts is a magical speaker. I enjoy these talks so dearly.

[@weezypacman4449]

thanks so much for this video, I needed this, I have feared death for so long, it's been a roadblock. thanks for getting rid of it!

[@morthmannj6779]

These videos have helped through so much through bullying and a bunch of other s*** Thank you

[@indofresh57]

Ignore all bullies my friend. They're just bored with their own pathetic lives

[@cassiopeiaAlbascot]

Minemasters3000 Sorry you had to go through bullying, it's life-destroying. i hope you've refound your true worth

[@morthmannj6779]

thank you all

[@GruntMike17]

Minemasters3000 Try to realize that when you are being bullied, there isn't anything wrong with you. Instead try to realize their is something wrong with the bully. Feel bad for them because they have much worse issues than anything they are bullying you about. Bullies pick on people they envy most of the time, they have something they wish they had.

[@Teawithlee]

Could listen to you everyday.. So glad you shared.

[@skraelmix]

I love this so much. I cannot listen to it enough. It brings me such comfort.

[@andrewvardanega2251]

❤😇

[@mirusvet]

People will not have any joy in living forever unless they can understand these and similar insights. The same way people can't enjoy our current short lives. So I'm looking forward to marvel at endless ways "nature is" in universe. With out soon to be very long lives.

[@nathangoodfellow5260]

I truly believe when you can open your arms to death when you look forward to shaking his hand and can except peacfully that one day ,maybe today,tonite or tomorrow you will walk through the garden of death with him hand in hand and it will be so beautiful and pure ONLY THEN! can you really live the life that was given you to the fullest and with everlasting Happiness. Its going to be a great day when it happens for me so until then I will enjoy my every next breath.

[@TriciaHagueBarrett]

I found this rather interesting, and my first time at hearing this speaker share his opinions. God has spoken once more, and He speaks through another Manifestation of Himself on earth about death. I share it too. 32. O SON OF THE SUPREME! I have made death a messenger of joy to thee. Wherefore dost thou grieve? I made the light to shed on thee its splendor. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom? (Bahá'u'lláh, The Arabic Hidden Words)

[@emmaberger3748]

I'm reading Nagel: Death currently and it made me think about alan watts' thoughts on death

[@andrewvardanega2251]

❤😇

[@bretthrower2940]

Life is not a journey it is a privilege that you get to experience. There is a consequence for being alive. Death is not to be feared it's part of the cycle of oblivion.The endless cycle of those who die and those who are born. You cant have something as life that takes life and doesn't return it. Without death Alan is right there wouldn't be life.

[@gwenking7700]

Life is the span of one heartbeat to the next. It is the span of one breath to the next. We cannot expect any more time that the time we are in right this very nano-second

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

Acceptance of morality makes me live in a more vital way. That’s just the way it is. I think when you are young you don’t think about it. Now as you get older, you take this on board and your life becomes more valuable!!😅😘❤️

[@Blarksel]

A beautiful speech.. thank you. I never understood why people are always think about dying .. a whole machinery (like a religion) was built around death. Thats sad.

[@evolveintelligently]

What if we come to this plane to become immortal, and “dying” is like recycling the energy.... or reincarnating, to again have another chance at becoming immortal What if we fell from our divinity and our task on this 3D plane is to reunite to it? If the universe is unconditional L0Ve, that would mean that we would get as many chances as we needed to accomplish this

[@CaseyKCRichards]

Much easier to accept your own death esp of ones direct older . However the loss of a loved one is life suffering .. What God would take someone before their time ??

[@this_is_a_cat3437]

Death is something that shouldn’t be feared. It's life's gift. People see life and death as two different things. They demonize death, while they cherish life. Both are intertwined. Think of it like this: two people sitting on a teeter totter. Without one child the teeter-totter won’t move. Life and Death are two entities playing an endless game. Death gives you a solution. It takes away your pain and suffering. it's a place where you meet the ones whom you lost, and to live eternally without pain. The body that you and I are in will give energy to an animal or person to give new life. Every single atom of your body was a part of something else, which had to die to make you. Thousands of living and nonliving things had to cease to exist to give life to you

[@cole20cole]

This reminds of the poetry I read by Sal Keto on death, you can get it on amazon

[@nerfer0674]

My father is Allan watts,s grandson so pretty much im related to him I figured it out today my dad told me

[@nightodin2547]

hans zimmer's "time" playing in the background somehow calms me while listening

[@minimaxhall]

Involuntary kundalini awakening without yoga or knowledge of spiritual practices... Kundalini awakening through traumatic experiences... Shock... An awakening can be triggered by intense energy work... To be as if one is about to die... Stop going to work... Leave the comfort zone totally.. Do things that makes you say "I can't believe I did that"... Then you can reach this feeling... This.. Dying feeling... Thanks for the video.

[@reidreid2256]

When I die I'll be joining him

[@bixou22002]

Maybe not...

[@nky746]

one of the best Watts videos on the tube. Thanks TJOP

[@Molly.b16]

Someone with true purpose. ❤️👏 His spirit carries on

[@C00LX100]

I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid I haven't been alive enough.

[@matthewchavezm.b.s5503]

What an amazing man.

[@donmiller5570]

These videos are changing the way I approach life each day. I love it, thank you.

[@kylabrown2727]

does anyone have this exact speech in a written form instead of an auditory form?

[@jared2235]

another awesome video :) thanx for doing these :D

[@TheJourneyofPurpose]

Jared Chouinard pleasure, thank you

[@loriann5205]

i love this mans way of thinking,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@arungraeff4547]

Plays Time by Hans Zimmer toward the end fucking perfect 👌🔥🔥🔥

[@YoHouseOnFya]

Holy shit it happened, this video actually changed my life

[@mobiustrip1400]

I dont want to live forever, I just want to understand how, and why I'm actually asking this question. Who or what is curious? Who or what wants to ""know" things?

[@Agui007]

Death, nudity, shame, pleasure are but a few examples of how society punishes and leaves us in the dark on these perfectly normal events and actions that take place.

[@CharlesWhite-fl8ye]

I'm so sorry it to so long for me to find this man. This has really helped me in my struggle with getting older.

[@DieWolke100]

You made me understand something existential for me.. ty!

[@thelordofmusicgame7092]

In my opinion who ever created us gave us the gift of immortality. Though we may not be there mental but physically were there. When we die we either burned to ash, or get buryed and eventually we decompose to dirt and thought that dirt we become a plant amd get eaten by a cow for instance. Eventually that cow is slaughtered and turned into beef, and sometimes a pregnant lady eats that beef which is then used to keep that baby alive. So through the death of this mind and body we are givin' a new mind with different thoughts and a new body. Though it is not the same thoughts we are still there just in the genetic code not in the mind And whether you agree or disagree with me I don't care you have the right of freedom of speech

[@olivierk3024]

I think the reason we try to postpone death is not to stop death per se, but to stop suffering. We dont want anyone to suffer in horrible ways like with cancer for example.

[@ryanc6410]

Watching Alan watts and Sam Harris debate free will, death, and consciousness would be amazing

[@scottmassage2658]

Children - passing on the torch of suffering - better never to have been - this was probably quite deep and meaningful for the beat-nicks and hippies back in the 1950s and 60s as these topics were not explored - since the 1990s anyone can explore them, from various perspectives, thanks to the internet - and somehow this talk no longer seems to carry any depth.

[@joshmaster618]

Beautiful video well made thank you Alan Watts!!!

[@Dariosparacino]

@theJourneyofPurpose TJOP What's the name of the song played from 0:00 to 2:00? Thanks for sharing with us your amazing videos.

[@petermulvahill210]

I'd say,that's my favourite video from Alan Watts....🤔

[@marcobobafett]

The most valuable words on YT

[@afreedom7147]

this year I start to understand all this....not too late!

[@Checkersss]

It would be so much better if you put the speech in the description box. I had to search it up. But wow, this was great

[@grambo4436]

A very powerful video of one of the greatest voices of science and reason.

[@kimberlyherrmann6324]

This Is Profoundly Beautiful ! As All Life Is Nature..The Way Out Is The Way Into Beautiful Harmonious Beginnings...

[@Shindai]

"To die would be a great adventure." Besides, until you die, you never know for sure whether or not you're the Doctor xD

[@bantuck]

God give us life and a soul in our body, so that we experience LOVE. That's the greatest gift for being alive. Death is not the end. It's just a representative word for our passing over from this world. All living things ceased when the time comes and time will never stops for anybody. From a baby, we knew our existence slowly from our parents, as from the very beginning when Adam acquired the "knowledge" from the forbidden fruit. Otherwise, we would be like other creatures walking on Earth, knowing nothing about death at all.

[@cristianarriaza8741]

The bible is nothing but a book full of fairy tails to give people something to look forward to, and keep them in line, and it gives them hope, so they dont go insane watching their world crumble in front of them while they try and search for meaning.

[@stephensipek7858]

I love Alan Watts SO much...